Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-13
DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS.
Edward p Lewis Institutes q Suit for DE-
vorce from His Wife,
Nniln AnA
Dallas News. Oct. IL.

Suit Tor QlV0rce was Ql6d yesLefuay
in the District court by Edward P. Lewis
of this city against Harriet M. Lewis of
Maiden, Mass, setting forth that they
were married December %, 1869; lived
together in marital relations until Jan
uary 10, 1887, and that there was born
to their marriage daughter named Hat
tie, who died in Florida, May IA, 1887, at
about the age Of eighteen years. The pc
titioner, pointing out the cause Of the di-
vorce, charges the defendant with
the possession Of an uugovernsble
temper and high preiudices, being by ma
ture very suspicious, and with nursing
her violent temper and suspicious and
| Jealous nature TO such an extent that for
Two years prior to the separation pla .ntif
was so prosecuted, annoyed and disturbed
| by her jealous and suspicious conduct
that he could find little or nc. psgee or
comfort with her, she constantly accus-A
| ing him of sdulteries and infidelfties, and
! further offenses; and constantly and
without cause loading him with re-
proaches, all of which were wholly unde-
served on plaintiffs part. Thapetitlon
| proceeds: So
And further, she contracted dislike to
their daughter, Hattie, having by reason
of her said violent temper and
unreasonable suspicious and jeal-s
ousies estranged their said
daughters affections from her
self, and the said daughter, being a
bright, intelligent and sffectionate girl,
naturally turned to her father, the plain
tiff, for that parental love and care to
which she was entitled, but failed to re-
ceive from her mother, the defendant.
But unfortunately for the plaintiff and his
said daughter, this only served to add fuel
to the flames for the defendant there
upon began a series of prosecutions OF
both father and daughter, and with re-
doubled venom added new and horrible
accusations against both of them. and was
guilty Of such ratings and abjurations
against plaintiff and their said daughter,
that TO live longer with her be-
came absolutely insupportable to
plaintiff and his said daughter,
whereupon plaintiff and his said
daughter, on said 10th day of January,
1887, being compelled thereto by the per-
secusions of defendant, left her. and tax
| ing his said daughter with him continued
| TO live separate and apart until May IA,
1887, when his said daughter, Hattie,
| sickened and died with q certain fatal
| disease, to-Wit, bloody dysenterY, being
| then and there in the state OF Florida, as
aforesaid. Then upon the death Of their
said daughter, Hattie, it WAS that the de-
fendant perpetrated the browning act OF
| cruelty upon plaintiff, her husband.
While he was mourning heart broken on
account of the loss of his said beloved
daughter, the defendant, with premedi-
| tated malice and with intent further to
injure plaintiff and destroy her character,
pretended that there was great mYs-
terry surrounding Der death, and pretend
ing to be greatly exercised thereat circu-
lated divers scaEdalous, false and in
famous rumors and reports concerning
their daughters said death to the effect
that her daughter had been foully dealt
with, and to the effect that her father haG
put her in charge of an abandoned woman
with whom ne was then living in Boston,
Mass, and on March l, 1887, went to
Florida; and that said woman had murder
ed deceased, the said Hattie F., and caused
;; the City Clerk Of Maiden to write letter
to the authorities of Jacksonville, Maxs
intimating therein that the said Hxt.is
T. had been murdered, knowing full Wsn
all the time that their daughteI Had
died from natural causes, and that
said rumors were false and scandatous,
and knowing full well that by starting
such pretended inquiry she would affOrd
food for scandal; that such rumors would
be taken up by busy-bodies; that every
act and word of plaintiff would be dis
tOrted and misrepresented. and that he
would be believed to be guilty by great
number of people without further inquiry.
That in further pursuance of her said
malicious and cruel designs to wound
plaintiffs feelings and to harrass him and
destroy his character, the said defendant
contrived to have interviews with divers
and sundry reporters OF divers and sun
dry newspapers then and there being
published in the city Of Boston, and then
and there having large circulation
all over the United States of America
and in many parts of Europe,
wherein she related to the said reporters,
for the express purpose Of having the
same published and read in SAID newspa-
pers, and thereby of destroying plaintiffs
character, So aforesaid, q false, scanda-
lous and horrible narrative OF and con-
corning plaintiff, to the effect that he had
entIced and abducted their daughter,
Harriet from her mother, and had put
her under control of one Mrs. Calvsno,
who, plaintiff AYERS, was VirtuOus and
innocent lady, the said CaIvano being
then and there an adulteress and the par
amour of plaintiff, ana that plaintiff and
the said Mrs. Calvsno had conspired to
keep their said daughter under du-
ress and to prevent her from
writing to defendant, her mother, and
that finally the said Ms. Cslvano had
deliberately murdered the said Hattie F. |
Lewis because the said Mrs. CalYino (be- |
ing the mistress of plaintiff, as aforesaidl
was Jealous OF the said Hattie. And es-
pecialIy did she cause and permit herself |
TO be interviewed by one Frank Pope, |
who was then and there reporter for |
the Boston Daily Globe, "a paper largely |
circulated in the United States and En- |
rope, and did cause and permit the said |
interview to be published in ssid paper |
on July 81, 1887, under headlines in large |
type, as follows;
"Story of the Two Hatties," "Told by |
the unhappy mother etWest Leominster,"
"Their trials st Maiden before the fatal |
trip to Florida was undertaken. "Her |
Husbands Life in Texas" "Tbe Book,
keeper and Companion"
Said scandalous and infamous sccusa-
tons above referred to were ampliled
and added to.